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Our legislators were correct in forcing the issue to reopen our schools.
Published: Sunday, February 28th, 2021 @ 10:41 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In baseball, three strikes and you’re out. In today’s politics, it’s one strike and you’re out.
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2021 @ 2:18 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Am I alone or did it strike you as ironic that our State Board of Education met during Black History Month to determine how to characterize slavery and racism in social studies classes?
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 1:31 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A recent study published by The Kaiser Family Foundation found that 53% of adults in the United States say their mental health has been negatively impacted due to worry and stress over the coronavirus.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2021 @ 12:23 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Nobody runs for Governor hoping he or she will be confronted with a major disaster while in office. At least we hope not.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2021 @ 1:09 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The great gift this Christmas was that help was on the way. The vaccine was a welcome gift 10 months into the pandemic. It is no exaggeration that North Carolina’s vaccination rollout started poorly.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 @ 11:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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More and more school districts are making decisions not to return students to in-class instruction until early spring
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 12:48 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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After the events of the past year, the last six months — especially last week — how is your spirit?
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 @ 12:43 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Without consulting “the Google” or any other resource answer these questions. What are the three branches of government?
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2021 @ 10:23 am
By: Tom Campbell
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When the last of the three waves of the 1918 Spanish Flu subsided in 1920, America began an incomparable period of economic growth, good times and opportunity called “The Roaring Twenties.”
Published: Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 @ 9:02 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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As we popped the cork to toast the new decade, we anticipated that 2020 would be an exciting year, filled with interesting developments — some good and perhaps even rambunctious. Nobody could have predicted the four crises we would face.
Published: Monday, December 28th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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May I tell you a bit about the pioneering Campbells of eastern North Carolina?
Published: Sunday, December 27th, 2020 @ 10:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Here’s a question for North Carolina’s leaders: If what our state is experiencing right now isn’t a “Rainy Day,” pray tell what is?
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 8:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Make no mistake. Governor Roy Cooper fired a shot across the bow regarding the coronavirus.
Published: Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 @ 5:43 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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30 days out from North Carolina’s 2020 elections we now have greater perspective on what happened.
Published: Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 @ 10:32 am
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina has experienced just about everything imaginable this year, so with one month to go let’s look at what to expect.
Published: Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 @ 6:20 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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If we follow the advice given by medical experts, we will neither gather for the service nor for the traditional Thanksgiving feast.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 3:06 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Let’s settle once and for all if there is bias in the media? YES!
Published: Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 @ 6:10 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina drivers appear to want to make up for lost mileage as they pour onto our city streets and interstates.
Published: Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 @ 8:50 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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For the past 22+ years I have tried to be Switzerland (neutral) in producing and moderating a statewide TV talk show, as well as writing newspaper columns. My conscience won’t let me do it anymore.
Published: Friday, October 30th, 2020 @ 2:26 am
By: Tom Campbell
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I’m thinking of ordering a bumper sticker that says, “I survived the 2020 election.”
Published: Thursday, October 29th, 2020 @ 4:59 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In the “Roaring Twenties” times were good for many and there was optimism for the future.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2020 @ 5:29 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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If you long for January, when things were “normal,” you are not alone.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2020 @ 3:49 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Politics is hyper partisan. Government is dysfunctional. People have lost faith that elected officials work for the common good.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 @ 11:47 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Sure as autumn leaves turn color and fall is the inevitable political debate season now upon us.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 8:40 am
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina is facing an education crisis.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 2:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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One of the more flattering (and humbling) aspects of being a columnist is that readers will respond to you, often with thought provoking comments.
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2020 @ 3:37 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina and our nation have a crisis more critical than the pandemic.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 4:10 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The 2020 election will be the strangest in our lifetimes.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2020 @ 2:42 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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More than 200,000 North Carolinians have already requested an absentee mail-in ballot for November’s elections
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 @ 1:53 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Four million North Carolinians have not filled out the 2020 census. That’s not good news for a number of reasons.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2020 @ 8:11 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Peter Hans officially became President of the UNC University System Monday.
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 @ 1:19 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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When it comes to reopening public schools there are four things on which most agree.
Published: Saturday, August 1st, 2020 @ 11:52 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina, like the nation, is facing three crises: COVID-19, racial strife and the economy.
Published: Saturday, July 25th, 2020 @ 11:54 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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New UNC President Peter Hans starts his job in two weeks and will have his hands full.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 @ 3:37 am
By: Tom Campbell
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This was the most unusual July 4th holiday most of us ever experienced.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 @ 4:02 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The uncooperative attitudes some are currently exhibiting brings back memories of North Carolina’s history of recalcitrance.
Published: Wednesday, July 1st, 2020 @ 4:18 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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There was a time in March when it felt like we were all united in attacking COVID-19, but that honeymoon was short lived. By the end of April, the virus had become partisan.
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2020 @ 1:30 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Many years ago the head of Sears Roebuck’s advertising department reported that half of all the dollars they spent on advertising was wasted, he just didn’t know which half.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2020 @ 10:05 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Does our state government spend too much, too little, or just enough?
Published: Thursday, June 11th, 2020 @ 6:41 am
By: Tom Campbell
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